JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by B L Praveen

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<ul class="sortable">
    <li>Item 1</li>
    <li>Item 2</li>
    <li class="unsortable">Item 3</li>
    <li>Item 4</li>
    <li>Item 5</li>
</ul>

CSS

.sortable {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 60%;
}
.sortable li {
    margin: 0 3px 3px 3px;
    padding: 0.4em;
    padding-left: 1.5em;
    font-size: 1.4em;
    height: 18px;
}
.sortable li span {
    position: absolute;
    margin-left: -1.3em;
}
li.unsortable {
    background: #999;
    opacity:.5;
}

JavaScript

$(".sortable").sortable({
      items: "li:not(.unsortable)"
    });
 $(".sortable").disableSelection();